Dirk (photo. Monte Isom)
Remember a couple years ago when Tim Duncan played almost the entire season with a bad foot because the Spurs couldn’t afford to give him a rest and lose ground to the Mavs in the Southwest? At stake then was the difference between a #1-seed in the conference and a #4-seed. Yesterday, […]

Still hope for Kidd? (Photo. Mannion)
Wouldn’t you have liked to see the look on Jason Kidd’s face when he learned the trade sending him to Dallas was being shut down because of Devean George? We can imagine J-Kidd sitting there thinking he’s about to leave soul-sapping New Jersey for a legit shot at a ring […]

Photo. Mannion
Maybe the Cavs can contend for a ‘chip after all. If they play defense like they did in Dallas last night and get offensive contributions from a couple of guys other than LeBron ( Big Z and Larry Hughes stepped up), they can at least play with anyone, just like last year, and keep […]

Guess who scored 50?
Funny how Kobe Bryant scoring 50 points in a game seems almost routine now — he dropped 50 again on the Sonics last night, his 10th Curtis Jackson of the season — but then you look it up and see that Wilt Chamberlain did it 45 times in ‘61-62, then another 30 […]

Gil needed Caron in N.C.
“If Caron Butler is done, the Wizards are done.” That’s what we said about Washington in our latest NBA Hit List, but we didn’t think the sans-Butler squad would look as terrible as they did last night, getting 20-pieced by the Bobcats. Gerald Wallace — who would have been Caron’s defensive […]

Unstoppable…
All we gotta say is that Mavs/Suns completely lived up to the hype and was worth the wait. The two best teams in the NBA (well, two of the best three at least; don’t forget about the Spurs) played the best game of the year (and no, we didn’t forget about Nets/Suns), a double-OT epic. […]